Loose-leaf display calendar



Jah. 27, 1953 WI'NFORD 1 2,626,819

LOOSE-LEAF DISPLAY CALENDAR Filed March 26, 1951 3nventor ORION P. WINFORD Patented Jan. 27, 1953 LOOSE-LEAF DISPLAY CALENDAR Orion P. Winford, St. Paul, Minn., assignor to Brown & Bigelow, St. Paul, Minn., a corporation of Minnesota Application March 26, 1951, Serial No. 217,464

5 Claims. 1

This invention relates to a loose-leaf calendar or display device where it is desired to hold a series of sheets in a pad or one upon the other so that the sheets may be referred to when desired.

A primary feature of this invention is to provide a very economical means of supporting the sheets in loose-leaf form so that the front sheet with the current calendar can be taken from the front of the pad and placed upon the rear thereof and retained for future reference if desired. In accomplishing this, I have provided a holder for the sheets which may be made from paper and which is integral in construction so that the holder or binder may be made economically.

A further feature resides in providing a hanger binder for the loose-leaf sheets of the calendar which is formed by reinforcing the front of a sheet adapted to form the binder by a cloth backing member, which is applied to the front of the binder sheet so as to strengthen the same and to permit the hanger tongue to be stamped from the reinforced portion of the sheet. It is obvious that cloth or any other reinforcing material may be applied to the sheet adapted to form the binder hanger before the hanger tongue is stamped out of the body of the sheet. Further, by stamping the hanger tongue out of the rectangular sheet which forms the front display sheet of the hanger, no waste material is left when the hanger or binder sheet is formed, thereby economizing in the cost of manufacture of my binder hanger for the loose-leaf sheets.

The binder hanger sheet provides the front displa sheet for the upper portion of the calendar above the calendar pad. Ordinarily this sheet supports a picture or illustration supplied for the purpose of making the calendar more attractive. Usually a colored picture or print is attached to the cover sheet, and this means of decoration also provides the means of closing the opening made in the body of the front sheet in stamping out the hanger tongue from the body of the sheet. The upper edge of the binder hanger may be turned in the same manner as the upper and lower ends of present calendars are made. The turning of the upper edge of the cdver sheet provides a reinforcing or strengthening means adjacent the hanger tongue, which is folded back of the front sheet and projects upwardly to supply the means of holding the hanger when it is hung upon the Wall. The turned upper edge of the binder hanger sheet also holds this edge straight to give a neat, finished appearance to the same.

The loose-leaf sheets of the calendar may be in any form, and each of the sheets are formed with a horizontal slot through which the tongue of the binder hanger extends to hold the sheets collected together, thereby forming the several sheets making up the calendar and display.

The various features and details of the invention will be clearly defined throughout the specification and claims.

In the drawings forming part of this specification:

Figure 1 illustrates a calendar as it would appear when hung upon the wall with the free ends of the calendar sheets curved outwardly to indicate the several sheets which normally hang flat and straight, one upon the other.

Figure 2 illustrates a front view of the binder hanger sheet showing the hanger tongue projecting upward from the top of the binder display sheet.

Figure 3 is a rear view of the binder hanger sheet showing the tongue within the body of the sheet and to indicate the portion of the body which is stamped out to form the hanger tongue.

Figure 4 illustrates one of the loose-leaf sheets of the calendar as it would appear when died out from a single piece and indicating the sheet in flat formation with the dotted lines indicating the lines on which the sheet is folder to form a pocket on the lower end of the sheet.

Figure 5 is an enlarged sectional detail of a portion of the calendar on the line 55 of Figure 1.

In the drawings the calendar A is formed by a series of loose-leaf sheets H) which appear in their died out formation in Figure 4.

Each sheet I0 is formed with an elongated, horizontal slot or opening I I, which permits the sheets to be supported by suitable hanger means which will be hereinafter fully set forth. The sheets IEI may be formed with a pocket l2 by foldin the lower portion [3 on the horizontal front line l4 and then securing the flaps 15 at either side of the portion 13 by folding the sheet on the vertical fold lines IS. The flaps I5 are pasted or glued to the back of the sheet II! when the portion I3 is folded up in position to form the pocket i2. In this manner I provide a pocket loose-leaf calendar wherein the pockets l2 form means for receiving memorandum sheets or other articles which it is desirable to keep with the calendar A ordinarily for future reference,

The pockets l2 serve the purpose of providing a receptacle with each calendar month so that bills and other memorandums may be placed in the pocket and which ordinarily refer to the month showing on the front of the pocket.

A loose-leaf calendar of the character set forth is desirable for use in the home or in any other place where it is desirable to save the monthly calendar sheets for future reference. It is not necessary that each sheet l0 carry a pocket 12 on the lower free end of the same.

This form of calendar has been extensively used with a different form of binder hanger of a more expensive type wherein metal parts are used to make the binder so as to effectively hold the sheets in a loose-leaf form. Here I have purposely designed the binder hanger sheet ll in a manner so that it can be used as a display sheet covering the top of the sheets ID and on which a picture l8 may be attached to provide a display to add beauty and character to the calendar A.

The binder hanger sheet I! may be formed of any suitable material and preferably is made from heavier stock than the sheets ID to provide a stiff or firm cover sheet I! for the tops of the sheets ID, as illustrated in Figure l, and from which the hanger tongue I9 may be cut.

In forming the binder hanger from the sheet ll, before cutting the tongue [9 from the body of the sheet II, it is desirable to reinforce that portion of the front of the sheet ll by a sheet of cloth 2B, which will strengthen the sheet I1 and also strengthen the hanger tongue IS. :The tongue [9 is formed'with vertical slots or openings 2! to permit a pencil or writing instrument 22 to be inserted through the slots 2!, as illustrated in Figure 1 if it is desired.

The binder hanger sheet i? may be reinforced along its top edge by a metal member 23, which is ordinarily called tinning the edge of the same, and which acts to reinforce the upper edge of the sheet I! and to hold the same straight. The function of the binder hanger sheet I? with the tongue I9 is to hold the loose-leaf sheets It] collectively together, and this is accomplished by threading the tongue l9 through the slots ll in the sheets It as illustrated in Figure 5. 5 is a section of an upper detail of the calendar A and shows only a few sheets supported by the hanger tongue I 9, with the tongue 59 engaged by the nail 24 projecting from the wall 25 to show the manner in which the calendar A is supported when in use. Thus, in operation the binder hanger sheet supports the loose-leaf sheets it freely removable by detaching the tongue i9 from the nail 24 and releasing the sheets [6 from the tongue 19. This permits the sheets It to be changed at any time so that a new sheet may be brought to forward position on the calendar. This permits the months of the year to be disclosed on the bottom of the sheets H], and when one month is past, this sheet is ordinarily moved to the rear of the series of sheets and the current month is exposed on the bottom of the sheets ID.

Where the pocket I2 is formed on the bottom of the sheets iil, the calendar indicia may appear on the outside of the sheet or that portion of the pocket forming the front thereof.

It will be apparentthat I have provided a very economical means of supporting loose-leaf sheets for a calendar or other display. The display sheet I! provides the tongue [9, which is cut from the area of the sheet and bent in a manner to hang upright when the calendar is in displaying position. It will also be apparent that a calendar of this character can be readily packed or shipped flat with the tongue l9 turned down and lying within the opening 26, which is formed in the sheet ll when the tongue IQ is died out of the body of the sheet H. Thus the construction and formation of my calendar is desirable. Ido not use any metal parts to make the same, and the costs are reasonable because the hanger binder sheet can be made of paper or reinforced paper. and yet I provide a good looking calendar or display which can be economically made and supplied at a reasonable price to the customer.

Figure I claim:

1. A loose-leaf calendar including a series of sheets each having an elongated horizontal slot formed in the top thereof, a binder-hanger formed from a single sheet, a supporting hanger tongue stamped from within the edges of the body of said binder hanger sheet with one edge in connection therewith to form a tongue adapted to extend through said slots in said sheets and projecting upwardly from said binder hanger sheet to form a hanger for supporting said sheets in a loose-leaf manner.

2. A loose-leaf calendar and display comprising a series of sheets, a horizontal slot formed in each of said sheets near the top thereof, binder means for supporting said sheets collectively including a front display sheet and a supporting tongue out from said sheet within the edges thereof adapted to extend through said slots in said sheets and drawn in an upward manner to .form a hanger, the cut out portion of said display sheet being covered by a picture display which extends over the major portion of the front of said display sheet.

3. loose-leaf display including a display cover sheet for the tops of the leaves of the display, a series of loose-leaves each having a slot formed therein and adapted to be supported under said display sheet and held collectively together thereby in a manner so that the sheets may be readily disengaged from said display sheet, a portion of said display sheet being cut away from within the edges of said display sheet to provide a hanger tongue which extends through the loose-leaf sheets and projects above the display sheet for supportingv the loose-leaf display.

4. A loose-leaf display comprising a series of loose-leaves, each of said leaves having an elongated, horizontal slot, a leaf supporting display sheet adapted to cover the top portion of said loose-leaf sheets, a portion of said display sheet being cut from within the edges of the body thereof to form an extended supporting tongue for said loose-leaf sheets adapted to extend through said horizontal slots in said sheets and be formed in an upwardly extending manner to provide a hanger tongue, and reinforcing means secured to said display sheet.

5. In a loose-leaf calendar, a series of sheets each having a slot.formed therein, a hanger front :sheet, a, tongue member cut from said hanger sheet. from within the edges thereof and having one edge spaced from theupper edge of said sheet. in connection with said sheet and parallel to the top edge of said. sheet adapted to be positioned rearwardly of said front sheet through said slots of said series of sheets and folded upwardly to form a hanger and removably support said sheets.

ORION P. WINFORD.

'REFERENCES. CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number I Name Date 1,798,586 Burgess Mar. 31, 1931 2,068,214 Winford Jan. .19, 1937 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 14,254 Great Britain June 25, 1904 

